Carriker : List of the Birds of Costa Rica. 793 



Family MNIOTILTID/E. 



586. Rhodinocichla rosea eximia Ridgway. 



Rhodinocichla rosea (not or Sclater, 1855, not Furnarius roseus Lesson) Frant- 

 zius, Jour, fiir Orn., 1869, 291 (Costa Rica). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. 

 Centr.-Am., Aves, I, 1879, 38, part (Costa Rican references). — Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., VI, 1881, 366, part (Costa Rica). — Cherrie, Expl. 

 Zool. en C. R., 1891-2, 1893, 4 (Buenos Aires de Terraba; descr. of male and 

 female). — Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVI, 1893, 609 (Buenos Aires; 

 critical). 



Rhodinocichla rosea eximia Ridgway, Birds N. and Mid. Amer., II, 1902, 770 

 (Isthmus of Panama north to southern Costa Rica). — Bangs, Auk, XXIV, 

 1907. 306 (Boruca [Underwood]). 



Bangs Collection: El General and Boruca de Terraba (Underwood). 

 Carnegie Museum: Boruca and Buenos Aires de Terraba (Carriker). 



Fourteen skins. 



This handsome species is confined to southwestern Costa Rica, and has 

 been taken as far north only as El General in the upper part of the Terraba 

 Valley. Its range extends from about 800 feet up to 2,000 feet, where 

 it inhabits almost exclusively low scrubby woodland and second-growth 

 scrub, keeping near the ground. (For further notes on habits, etc., see 

 Introduction, page 331.) 



587. Basileuterus semicervinus leucopygius (Sclater and Salvin). 



Basileulerus uropygialis (not of Sclater) Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 

 95 (Angostura and Tuis [J. Carmioll). — Boucard, P. Z. S., 1878, 52 (San 

 Carlos). — Salvin, Ibis, 1867, 136 (Tucurriqui [Arce]). 



Basileuterus leucopygius Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 156 

 (Costa Rica; coll. P. L. Sclater). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., 

 Aves, I, 1881, 172, part (Tucurriqui [Arce]). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 X, 1885, 402 (Costa Rican references). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., 

 I, 1887, 107 (Angostura and Tuis). — Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 XVI, 1893, 485 (Rio Frio). — Underwood, Ibis, 1896, 434 (Miravalles). 



Basileuterus semicervinus leucopygius Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 

 390 (La Palma de Nicoya). — Ridgway, Birds N. and Mid. Amer., II, 1902, 

 757 (southern Honduras to Costa Rica: Angostura, Rio Frio, Tuis, Tucur- 

 riqui, Volcan de Miravalles, La Palma de Nicoya, and San Carlos). 



U. S. Nat. Museum: Carrillo (Underwood), Reventazon (Carranza). 

 Bangs Collection: La Vijagua, Cariblanco de Sarapiqui, Tenorio, Carrillo 



(Underwood). 

 Carnegie Museum: Guapiles (Carriker & Crawford), Guacimo, El 



Hogar (Carriker), four skins; Cariblanco de Sarapiqui and Carrillo 



(Underwood), two skins. 



